New CISO appointments, Might 2023
Former Twitter CISO Lea Kissner named CISO of Lacework
Cloud safety firm Lacework has appointed Lea Kissner as its new chief info safety officer. The previous Twitter CISO shall be accountable for main the event and implementation of Lacework’s total safety technique and applications. Kissner has labored in cybersecurity for greater than 20 years together with as chief privateness officer at Humu and world lead of privateness know-how at Google.
Maria Milosavljevic to grow to be chief info safety officer at ANZ
Former Providers Australia CISO and chief information officer Maria Milosavljevic has been appointed CISO of ANZ Banking Group, changing Lynwen Connick, who will retire in October. Milosavljevic is at present the chief information integration officer on the Australian Division of Defence. Milosavljevic shall be accountable for guaranteeing ANZ’s info safety technique continues to deal with the difficult cyber safety panorama and helps the financial institution’s digital transformation. She’s going to start working at ANZ on Monday, August 28.
Lee Buttke named CISO of AgileBlue
AgileBlue, an autonomous cyber safety operations middle (SOC) and safety orchestration and automatic response (SOAR) platform, has named Lee Buttke as its new chief info safety officer. Buttke may even take a place as managing director at AgileBlue. Buttke has held positions as director of threat, safety, and privateness at On-line Enterprise Methods and director at penetration testing agency NetSPI and is the previous president of software program {and professional} providers supplier Truonix.
Safety and compliance automation platform Drata appoints Matt Hilary as vice chairman of safety and CISO
Matt Hilary has been named vice chairman of safety and CISO at Safety and compliance automation platform Drata. Hilary was previously senior vice chairman programs and safety and CISO at Lumio and beforehand held CISO and lead safety roles at Weave and Workfront, Instructure, Adobe, MX, and Amazon Net Providers.
Invoice O’Hern named CISO of Vacationers
Former AT&T chief safety officer Invoice O’Hern has been appointed as a senior vice chairman and CISO of insurance coverage agency Vacationers. O’Hern spent greater than 20 years in security-related roles at AT&T and was beforehand common supervisor for the Midwest US area at Handex Environmental.
Earl Duby appointed CISO at Auxiom
Earl Duby has been named the first-ever CISO of Michigan-based managed service supplier Auxiom. A CSO50 Award winner, Duby was previously CISO of Lear Corp. and has twenty years of expertise in cybersecurity, together with management roles at GE, Affina Group, and Federal Mogul.
New CISO appointments, April 2023
UK appoints Anne Keast-Butler as first feminine GCHQ director
The UK authorities has appointed Anne Keast-Butler as the brand new director of intelligence, safety, and cyber company Authorities Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Keast-Butler was appointed following a cross-government recruitment course of and can succeed Sir Jeremy Fleming, who’s stepping down after six years within the function. Keast-Butler, at present serving as deputy director common at home counterintelligence and safety company MI5, will grow to be the primary feminine director of GCHQ. She’s going to take up her put up in Might.
Bryce Carter turns into first CISO of Arlington, Texas
Bryce Carter has been appointed as the primary chief info safety officer for town of Arlington, Texas. Mr. Carter was beforehand a senior info safety analyst for Bellingham, Washington, and has served in senior security-related roles in Miami County, Kansas, and at firms together with Clover Safety Advisors, United Launch, and FlyPage. In an announcement, Mr. Carter stated he intends to “talk safety in a manner that everybody can perceive” and can concentrate on creating an enterprise-wide safety program, lowering safety outsourcing.
Brian Contos appointed chief technique officer at Sevco Safety
Cyber asset assault floor administration (CAASM) firm Sevco Safety has appointed Brian Contos as its chief technique officer. Mr. Contos is a 25-year veteran of the safety trade, having served beforehand as CISO at Verodin “Enemy on the Water Cooler” and a co-author of “Bodily & Logical Safety Convergence.” Mr. Contos stated he believes safety “wants a disruptive method. Sevco Safety essentially modifications how organizations get worth from their present safety and IT operations investments by having essentially the most correct and well timed asset intelligence.”
James Hill named CISO of cloud infrastructure software program developer CYTRACOM
James Hill has been appointed as CISO of CYTRACOM. Mr. Hill has 20 years of expertise in “enterprise growth, cybersecurity, folks growth, and technical experience,” based on an announcement. His function on the firm shall be to make sure CYTRACOM and its staff are working securely, minimizing publicity and threat with an efficient and sustainable cybersecurity technique and program.
IntelePeer appoints Gary Starling as new CISO
Communications Automation supplier IntelePeer has named Gary Starling as CISO. Mr. Starling not too long ago served as vice chairman of IT and safety at IntelePeer and led the corporate’s compliance program. Mr. Startling was beforehand interim CIO, assistant vice chancellor of IT infrastructure, and CISO, on the College of Denver. He additionally served as director of world IT, networks and safety for EchoStar/Hughes Community Methods and was an avionics communications programs specialist within the US Air Pressure and as telecommunications specialist, tech management for NORAD. He has been tasked with streamlining IT and safety options throughout IntelePeer’s enterprise models, steering the corporate to develop a high-performance safety group in opposition to new and rising threats.
New CISO appointments, March 2023
Andrea Simpson named CISO of Howard College
Ms. Simpson, a extremely regarded knowledgeable in cybersecurity, has greater than 20 years {of professional} expertise within the trade. She has held the CISO function with the Federal Communications Fee, the place she directed the pilot program for government-issued laptop computer deployment for the company’s telework initiative as a part of its pandemic response plan, and AmeriCorps. Simpson says working at Howard will assist her create an area for younger adults to achieve hands-on cyber expertise.
Meredith Griffanti appointed as world head of cybersecurity and information privateness communications at FTI
Ms. Griffanti, who relies in New York, will oversee the expansion of FTI Consulting’s cybersecurity communications capabilities. She most not too long ago served as Americas co-leader of cybersecurity and information privateness communications on the enterprise consulting agency, specializing in disaster communications throughout incident response and cybersecurity preparedness planning. Ms. Griffanti will concentrate on partnering with leaders and groups globally to additional strengthen the agency’s holistic cybersecurity communications capabilities and improve new ranges of collaboration to assist shoppers.
Sebastian Welsh appointed CISO of power know-how firm SwitchDin
Mr. Welsh turns into the primary CISO at SwitchDin and can work to determine safety frameworks for rising applied sciences. With 17 years of expertise as a pacesetter specializing in constructing a whole-of-enterprise protection mannequin inside companies, he held roles as the pinnacle of safety at Canva and employees safety engineer at Google earlier than becoming a member of SwitchDin.
Joshua Reedy turns into new CISO at New Zealand know-how providers agency Kordia
Mr. Reedy will take accountability for Kordia’s Group’s inside cyber safety posture, integrating greatest practices and main a group of safety specialists. He was beforehand safety providers supervisor at Vodaphone, the place he oversaw safety operations, design, and supply and led inside offensive safety groups.
David Dunn named CISO at world threat and monetary advisory service supplier Kroll
Mr. Dunn, who had served as deputy CISO at Kroll since 2016, is tasked with persevering with to strengthen the agency’s safety program to deal with the evolving and complicated menace panorama. With greater than 25 years of expertise, he was beforehand a member of the US Secret Service Digital Crimes Activity Pressure — the place he was a lead investigator on a world stolen bank cards rip-off involving hundreds of thousands of {dollars} — and can be a 19-year veteran of the Seattle Police Division.
Jaya Baloo named CSO at cloud menace detection supplier Rapid7
Ms. Baloo shall be tasked with strengthening Rapid7’s inside safety program and furthering the corporate’s mission to ship larger entry to cybersecurity throughout industries. With greater than 20 years of cybersecurity expertise, she has beforehand held roles at Avast and was CISO at Dutch telecom agency KPN. Ms. Baloo is a member of the advisory boards of The Netherlands Nationwide Cyber Safety Centre and the EU Quantum Flagship’s Strategic Advisory Board.
New CISO appointments, February 2023
Doug Clare appointed as head of cyber technique for ISS Company Options
Mr. Clare will assume total accountability for ICS’ cyber options technique, together with evolving its cyber risk-related choices and consumer expertise. He may even lead the cyber-risk product and consumer groups tasked with enhancing and increasing ICS’ threat monitoring and broader suite of associated merchandise. He has greater than 25 years of expertise at Honest Isaac (FICO) and served most not too long ago as FICO’s vice chairman of fraud, compliance, and authentication options.
Keith Anderson named CISO of JetBlue
Mr. Anderson will oversee JetBlue’s info safety and can oversee the airline’s methods, insurance policies and procedures designed to attenuate info safety threat and proactively detect and tackle new threats. He beforehand served as CISO at Warner Bros. Discovery and held safety management roles at AT&T, Goldman Sachs, and Citi. Mr. Anderson holds a grasp’s diploma in cybersecurity from New York College and a grasp’s diploma in administration info programs from Stevens Institute of Expertise.
Melissa Knight appointed as CISO of Tego Cyber
Cybersecurity software-as-a-service supplier Tego Cyber has named Melissa Knight as chief info safety officer. Ms. Knight has been as CISO and cybersecurity government for 20 years, working in authorities and business sectors. She has held management roles with the US Division of Protection and US Division of Vitality’s Nationwide Nuclear Safety Administration safety operations groups. She has additionally labored at Sands Corp., Herjavec Group, and Brier & Thorn.
Mike Housch named CISO of banking digital transformation options supplier Q2 Holdings
Mr. Housch has greater than 25 years of safety expertise within the monetary know-how sector. He beforehand served as CISO for Black Night time and as info safety officer for Lender Processing Providers. He spent greater than 10 years as chief info officer at First Federal Financial institution of Florida.
John Paul Cunningham joins id safety agency Silverfort as CISO
Mr. Cunningham brings greater than 24 years of expertise managing cyber threat, constructing working fashions designed to scale back value and cyber threat, whereas additionally adhering to compliance requirements as CISO at Financial institution of Hope, Docupace, Ares Administration and J.P. Morgan Asset Administration. He’ll design and implement Silverfort’s cybersecurity program.
Claudia Plattner appointed as President of German Federal Workplace for Info Safety (BSI)
Ms. Plattner is previously Director Common Info Methods of the European Central Financial institution (ECB) and was chief info officer at DB Systel, the IT supplier for Deutsche Bahn. She is the primary feminine president to be named to the function at BSI. She’s going to start within the place on 1 July 2023. Plattner replaces former president Arne Sch?nbohm, who was dismissed in October over allegations of ties with Russian intelligence businesses.
Heather Lowrie appointed as first CISO for the College of Manchester
Ms. Lowrie will lead the strategic transformation of knowledge safety and id and entry administration providers on the College of Manchester and can design and implement a imaginative and prescient for the safety of the college’s digital footprint. She previously held the place of head of cybersecurity, threat, and resilience for Nationwide Information of Scotland. Ms. Lowrie offered cybersecurity assurance, oversight, and operational administration for Scotland’s first digital-first census. She’s going to be a part of the college at the beginning of Might 2023.
New CISO appointments, January 2023
Chris Hodson employed as CSO at Cyberhaven
Mr. Hodson shall be accountable for all areas of safety to guard each staff and prospects. This contains cloud and software safety, operations, and threat administration. He involves information detection and response resolution vendor Cyberhaven from Contentful, and beforehand has held CISO roles at Tanium and Zscaler. Mr. Hodson is a board advisor at workforce growth platform Cybrary and a fellow on the Chartered Institute of Info Safety. He’s additionally the writer of the guide Cyber Threat Administration.
Amanda Fennel named CISO and CIO at Show Id
Ms. Fennel will oversee safety operations at Show, a supplier of digital id options. She may even play a task in educating the safety market about digital id authentication applied sciences. She was beforehand CISO and CIO at Relativity and earlier had labored in digital forensics and cybersecurity at firms corresponding to Symantec, Dell SecureWorks, Zurich Insurance coverage Group, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Steerage Software program.
Harold Rivas joins Trellix as CISO
Mr. Rivas will lead the prolonged detection and response vendor’s world safety and compliance initiatives. He involves Trellix from LoanDepot, the place he served as CISO. Previous to that, Mr. Rivas’s 20-plus-year profession embrace senior info safety roles at Santander Shopper, Fujitsu America, and Citigroup. He’s additionally a member of the FBI InfraGard.
